Chapter 968: Viewing this secluded place
Chapter 968: Viewing this secluded place
Xu Mutang was reminded and he followed Chen Chuan's gaze. After a while, he also made a discovery.
Every three or five of these statues are just flesh and blood bodies painted with gold paint on the outside. They are large and small, with the largest being more than ten meters tall and the smallest looking like ordinary people. Except for the clothes they wear like gods, their facial expressions and postures are very vivid and lifelike.
His expression suddenly changed slightly, "Could it be..."
Chen Chuanshuo asked, "What did Chief Inspector Xu think of?"
Xu Mutang said: "I have heard that Emperor Gao, the father of Emperor Ying, built a terrace to honor his meritorious officials. All civil and military officials who made great contributions to the new dynasty would have statues and temples erected for them to be worshipped by future generations. At that time, there were about 36 people with names and surnames. Most of them died during Emperor Ying's reign. These people..."
He looked at the statues around him and said, "These are probably the ones."
Chen Chuan took a look and found that some of these people were just ordinary people in size, and they might be the civil servants at that time.
As for military generals, most of those who could come to power were "generals who conquered the country". It seemed incredible that these people disappeared in just a few decades, but it was actually very normal. The old era was different from the new era, and the two worlds were either separated or apart.
If they were in a cold and silent period, these people would not be able to sustain themselves at all. Even if they had some relics to maintain them, the best outcome would be eternal sleep. There are also records in history of them being excavated and dissected for making medicine.
If it is a period of change, people usually live in a place of integration and rarely stay in the present world. The higher you go, the more serious the alienation becomes. So some people would end their lives early to protect their reputation after death. After all, the concepts at that time were very different from those of today.
Xu Mutang sighed, "Although these people are only a pile of dust left, they have built a name for themselves for generations to come, so it is not a waste of their lives in this world."
Chen Chuan did not comment. He said, "General Xu, please inspect. There is nothing here. Let's move on."
Xu Mutang quickly said yes.
The two turned around and walked forward along the passage under their feet. After coming out, they saw a huge pool of water. There were large vats in the water. Different images of dragons and snakes were painted on the vats, and each one was lifelike.
The two of them walked along the road in the middle, and took a quick look at the number of these large vats, and found that there were probably thousands of them.
Xu Mutang snapped his fingers, and a powerful force hit it, making a solid, dull sound.
He said: "This should be a 'green jar', which is made of the bone powder of a unique creature from the fusion land, plus some special minerals, and has a good storage capacity. In the Middle Ages, generals often used these to preserve their food when they went to war.
These are placed here. Judging from the carvings on them, they should be the nutrient paste and medicine used to feed the Jiao snakes. If I am correct, these are what Emperor Ying's five dragons eat."
Chen Chuan said: "I have heard that the five dragons under Emperor Ying often eat people?"
Xu Mutang nodded and said, "That is to maintain the fierceness of the Jiao snake, because Jiao snakes are responsible for protecting the imperial family and need to go into battle when necessary. Sometimes, they can also serve as mounts, but there are very few that can be used as mounts. The one we encountered outside just now is one of them. The reason it has survived to this day, in addition to its ritual function, is probably because the imperial family treats it differently."
Chen Chuan nodded slightly. Just now, Yuwen Yuanqi was riding the dragon snake. If it were in a battle formation, it would indeed play a significant role.
However, the dragon snake itself was very weak, and he had just used his strength to destroy all the alienated tissues in its body. It should not be able to survive, but it should still have some research value, right?
When Xu Mutang was about to walk out of here, he paused because he saw that the pattern on the surface of the jar was different from before. The dragon snake had wings. His eyes immediately lit up, "This is... a flying dragon!"
Chen Chuan looked at it and asked, "Is there any difference?"
"There is a tradition of cultivating dragon snakes in every dynasty, and it is said that ancient dragon snakes were able to fly. This skill was gradually lost in the Middle Ages. If I am not mistaken, what is hidden here should be the medicine and formula for cultivating flying dragons."
Xu Mutang said excitedly: "If we can study it thoroughly, we can transform more combat and transformation creatures along this path, thereby expanding our technology space and market."
Chen Chuan nodded. Some things can only be useful in the hands of specific people. If it were in his hands, it could only be used to feed some creatures. At this time, he remembered the biological egg he had picked up before, and couldn't help but think about it.
After standing for a moment, the two walked out from here, passed a passage, and came to a warehouse where medicines were stored, surrounded by rows of medicine cabinets with separate doors.
The name of the medicine is marked on each medicine drawer, and there is also a bookshelf-sized general index catalog and many precious prescriptions for medicines and pills.
Thousands of years have passed, and it is hard to say how much of the medicinal effects of these medicines are still there, but in today's era, these prescriptions and recipes are undoubtedly more valuable.
Today's technology is definitely superior to that of the old times, but some ideas and unique drugs from the old times are definitely worth paying attention to.
After passing this place, the two saw an alien weapons warehouse, which contained hundreds of weapons of various types, and none of them had been used.
Chen Chuan took a look and stopped paying attention. These were undoubtedly fine weapons, but no one had ever used them. Weapons without any history were discounted in his eyes, so there was no need to pay special attention to them. The two of them just stopped here for a while, then walked out and continued to the next warehouse. Here they saw two large silver trees, with extremely slender trunks and branches that were quite beautiful, as if they were carefully carved by skilled craftsmen.
On the branches hung embroidered bags with patterns outlined in gold thread, as if there was something inside.
After seeing it, Xu Mutang's breathing became a little faster, and he whispered: "This is... Lian Shanzhi!"
When Chen Chuan heard the name, he immediately remembered it.
The Lianshan branch is said to be a precious tree in ancient times. It was rarely seen in the Middle Ages, with some scattered records occasionally. It may be completely extinct now and cannot be found in the mixed area.
This thing has a special feature: any living thing hanging on the branch can maintain its activity at the moment it was picked.
However, the branches and leaves of this thing are very thin, and there are not many objects that can be carried, so the things that can be hung on it are all rare and precious. Therefore, the things in those brocade bags they saw now must be extremely valuable.
When he got closer, he could see various names embroidered on the brocade bag, and discovered that they were all rare alienated tissues and medicinal pills.
After seeing these, Xu Mutang was not as excited as when he saw the Lianshan branches. Although the things hanging there were rare, they could only benefit one or two people at most. On the contrary, the plant itself had great research value.
Chen Chuan glanced at them. If nothing unexpected happened, these should be prepared by Emperor Ying for him. At least half of them can only be used by practitioners in the state of distraction. The rest can be used by both human and alien practitioners, and are very effective in assisting practice.
After visiting here, they went to more than ten warehouses, which stored various books and classics, ancestral temple sacrificial utensils, proclamations, tax records over the years, land survey documents, maps of the world's passes and mountains and rivers, etc. There was also a separate room for storing esoteric Buddhist ritual materials and metaphysical scriptures.
Apart from the Taoist scriptures, most of the things that were extremely important to a certain dynasty can now only be used as historical research materials, so neither of them looked at them carefully.
Going further, they came to the end of the passage and saw a huge bluish-brown wall in front of them, between the plants and animals.
As if sensing the arrival of the two people, several eyes suddenly appeared on it, took a look at the two people, and after staying on Chen Chuan for a moment, it made a roaring sound, and then rolled its eyes upwards, and saw a crack in the thick wall, and an extremely dazzling light shone through from outside.
Chen Chuan was very familiar with this. He knew at a glance that the light was coming from the crack on the opposite side. There was no doubt that this was the way to the crack.
Xu Mutang looked at the light and said with emotion: "The crack, if I am correct, this should be the escape route that the imperial family left for themselves."
Chen Chuan changed his mind and felt that it was not that simple. Although he saw a lot of things when he came here, which seemed to be hidden treasures in the usual sense, he always felt that something was missing.
He combined the body hut given to him by the unknown person just now with the crack in front of him, and suddenly felt that there was some connection between the two?
He looked at the light outside the crack. No matter what, no one knew where it led to or what they would encounter, so he would not go deeper easily.
Xu Mutang looked at the crack cautiously and said, "It seems that there are only so many things here. Director Chen, why don't we go back first."
Chen Chuan nodded and turned back along the same path. As the two of them got farther away, he could see the thing with eyeballs behind him roaring a few times, and the torn crack closed again.
This time they did not walk slowly, but quickened their pace and turned back up.
After returning to the ground, Chen Chuan said, "Inspector Xu, there are a lot of things in here. I think you can discuss how to distribute them with your government affairs office first, and then we can talk about it."
Xu Mutang was stunned and said, "Director Chen..." He originally thought that after Chen Chuan read these, he would directly assign the tasks, but he didn't expect that he would actually ask him to go back and discuss it.
Chen Chuan said seriously, "In the fight just now, if it weren't for Chief Patrol Officer Xu who created that opportunity, the outcome would be hard to predict. Chief Patrol Officer Xu, you are also a contributor, so you should have the right to share."
There is no such thing as an absolute winner in a fight, and it is extremely difficult to determine the winner between two evenly matched opponents. So judging from this battle alone, this person definitely created the opportunity and played a significant role. In addition, this person himself belongs to a faction that can be fought for, so he is willing to share.
This is not without benefits. There are simply too many of these things, and many of them are meaningless to him personally. Even if he can take them all down by himself, he may not be able to keep an eye on them, and he may face endless troubles because of this. However, if he has the official endorsement of Longyou Dao, he can avoid these.
He also believed that as long as he became strong, some things would come to him naturally in the future, and he didn't have to be bound by them, which would only limit himself.
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(End of this chapter)